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1 FLC Washington DC Office Gary K. Jones FLC DC Rep Business Meeting DC Update FLC National Meeting Charlotte, NC May 5, 2009

2 Overview Obama Administration s S&T Focus & Initiatives Legislation/Hearings Update R&D Budgets GAO Studies T2 Summary Report DC Office Outreach

3 Administration s s S&T Focus Applied Challenges - S&T for economic recovery and growth - public health; better care at lower cost - energy; lower imports and climate impacts - other environment; e species, es, land, soil, water and oceans - national and homeland security Foundations of Success - institutions/capacities iti for fundamental research - STEM education, pre-school thru grad, lifelong - information/communications technology - space capabilities - supporting guidelines and processes (IP, integrity, visas) Source: Presentation by John Holdren; Director, OSTP, at the Source: Presentation by John Holdren; Director, OSTP, at the AAAS annual forum on S&T, April 30, 2009 (

4 Administration s i ti S&T Initiatives National investment in R&D to 3 % of GDP S&Ti in the ARRA, FY09 and dfy10b budgets - NIH, DOE/OS, NIST, NOAA, DOD basic research STEM education - science labs, teacher training, clean energy as the sputnik of the Obama generation ($1.5 B over 5 yrs) Clean energy / climate - $150 B over 10 yrs for clean energy and efficiency; ARPA-E; energy centers of excellence; climate science Health - computerized medical records, $6 B towards doubling cancer research CTO and CIO appointments; New stem-cell guidelines; Scientific integrity guidelines Source: Presentation by John Holdren; Director, OSTP, at the AAAS annual forum on S&T, April 30, 2009 (

5 Legislation & Hearings Patent Reform Bills Introduced House & Senate, 3/3/09 (S. 515; HR. 1260) Sticking point (Still): Damages apportionment Amendment Modifying GOCO royalty retention SBIR/STTR Reauthorization CR thru July 2009 (SBIR); STTR runs thru FY 2009 NIH Stimulus (> $8 billion) exempted from SBIR Other International Science Partnerships New NSTC Committees proposed (STEM and ISP)

6 Ongoing GAO Studies GAO: DOE Tech Transfer Activities iti (Start: t Sum 2008) Focused on: PNNL special use; DOE lab tech transfer; Metrics. Some DOD labs Should be completed by Summer 2009 GAO: Govt Use of March-in Rights (Start: Fall 2008) Focused on: Agencies: DOE, DOD, NIH, NASA Policies & procedures, extent of use, barriers Should be completed by Summer 2009

7 Federal Budget Activities (S&T Funding Implications) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of Total $787 billion -- Passed, signed into law (2/09) -- GAO oversight role FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations p Bill -- Total $410 billion -- Passed, signed into law (3/09) FY 2010 Budget Rollout T t l $3 55 T illi -- Total $3.55 Trillion -- Under debate..

8 ARRA (Stimulus) 2009 (Signed into Law February 2009) Selected S&T Funding Highlights (per Agency): DOE $ 38.7 B total $16.8B (energy efficiency and renewables) $ 1.6B (Office of Science) $ 400M (ARPA-E) DOD $7.4 B total $ 75M Each (Army, Navy, AF, Def-wide) (energy efficiency RDT&E) NASA $ 1 B total ($ 400M Science; $ 400M Exploration; $150M Aeronautics) HHS $ 10 B total ($7.4B general scientific res., various I/Cs) NIST $ 580 M total (science research; construction) NOAA $830 M total (research, construction, repair)

9 FY09 Omnibus Appropriations p (Signed into Law -- March 2009) Defense, Homeland Security, Military Construction already funded Funding Highlights: DOE Science NSF DOC NIST NASA USGS 18.8 % increase ($ M) over FY % increase ($ M) over FY % increase ($ 63.2 M) over FY % increase ($ 380.5) over FY % increase ($ 37.3 M) over FY08

10 Federal T2 Summary Report, FY 2007 (Department of Commerce, Issued January 2009) FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 CRADAs, total active in FY 5,603 6,016 5,949 7,271 7,327 New inventions disclosed in FY 5,106 5,454 4,771 5,193 4, Patent applications filed in FY 2,318 1,768 1,745 1,912 1,824 Patents issued in FY 1,631 1,391 1,012 1,284 1,406 Licenses, total active in FY 6,497 7,567 9,577 10, ,347 New, executed in FY 1,363 1,535 1,824 1,495 1,463 Income from licenses, ($$M) $97.3 $99.2 $144.6 $138.2 $149.9 **Also includes multiple examples of downstream outcomes for all agencies (reporting since 2001) NOTE: DHS to begin reporting stats in FY 2008

11 Promoting Federal T2 (Selected Industry Outreach From DC Office) Ocean Tomo Conference/Auction (Chicago) -- All sectors (panel focus on NASA technology) DOD Mentor-Protégé Conference (San Francisco) -- Defense focus (large/small firms) BIO Annual Meeting (Atlanta) -- Pharma / life sciences focus (large/small firms) RESNA Annual Meeting (New Orleans) -- Assistive (rehab) technology focus (mostly small firms) Management Roundtable Webinar -- Executive education for R&D and product devel professionals

12 Tech Transfer Accomplishments (Congressional Visits) Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards, 2008 Federal Technology Transfer Success Stories, 2008

13 Congressional Visits, 2008 (Senate) Far West Boxer, D-CA Feinstein, D-CA Cantwell, D-WA Murray, D-WA Mid Continent Bingaman, D-NM Domenici, R-NM Crapo, R-ID Craig, R-ID Hutchison, R-TX Cornyn, R-TX Grassley, R-IA Harkin, D-IA Allard, R-CO Salazar, D-CO Mid West Durbin, D-IL Voinovich, R-OH Obama, D-IL Brown, D-OH Kohl, D-WI Stabenow, D-MI Feingold, D-WI Levin, D-MI South East Alexander, R-TN Martinez, R-FL Corker, R-TN Nelson, D-FL Chambliss, R-GA Cochran, R-MS Isakson, R-GA Wicker, R-MS Sessions, R-AL Shelby, R-AL North East Snowe, R-ME Collins, R-ME Lautenberg, D-NJ Menendez, D-NJ Whitehouse, D-RI Reed, D-RI Mid Atlantic Casey, D-Pa Specter, R-PA Byrd, D-WV Rockefeller, D-WV Mikulski, D-MD Cardin, D-MD

14 Congressional Visits, 2008 (House) Mid West Johnson, R-IL-15 th LaHood, R-IL-18 th Chabot, R-OH-1 st Baldwin, D-WI-2 nd Biggert, R-IL-13 th Levin, D-MI-12 th Far West Hastings, D-WA-4 th Davis, D-CA-53 rd Tauscher, D-CA-10 th Lee, D-CA-9 th North East Michaud, D-ME-2 nd LoBiondo, R-NJ-2 nd Kennedy, D-RI-1 st Mid Atlantic Hoyer, D-MD-5 th Mid Continent t Schwartz, D-PA-13 th Wilson, R-NM-1 st Udall, D-CO-2 nd Mollohan, D-WV-1 st Simpson, R-ID-2 nd Udall, D-NM- Bartlett, R-MD-6 th 3 rd Van Hollen, D-MD-8 th Latham, R-IA-4 th South East Holmes-Norton, D- Neugenbauer, R-TX-13 th Lewis, D-GA-5 th Miller, R-FL-1 st DC Feeney, R-FL-24 th Cramer, D-AL-5 th Wamp, R-TN-3 rd Thompson, D-MS-2 nd Boyd, D-FL-2 nd

15 Congressional Visits, 2008 (Summary) 2008: Engaged: 44 Senate offices 31 House offices Message: Raising visibility of FLC/T 2 Highlighting T 2 in State/District 2009: Expand focus on relevant committees and others (e.g., OSTP NSTC, PCAST, etc.)

16 FLC Washington DC Office (Farragut Square) Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 735 Washington, DC Phone: Fax:

17 Federal Labs Support U.S. Innovation (FLC Supports Federal Labs -- Federal Tech Transfer) By Pete Engardio BusinessWeek September 11, 2008 In Technology Section Los Alamos and Sandia: R&D Treasures How the famous weapons labs, Los Alamos and Sandia, are aiding corporations and spinning off startups These labs are national treasures (Thomas Lange, P&G) Public-private collaborations such as P&G's are just what Congress had in mind two decades ago when it began pushing the nation's hundreds of national labs to transfer more of their knowhow to U.S. companies. Where Do Innovations Come From? Transformations in the U.S. National Innovation System, By Fred Block and Matthew Keller July 09, 2008 In the last 20 years, federal labs have become the dominant organizational locus for winning R&D 100 awards [typically in collaboration with firms, universities or both].

FLC Washington DC Office

FLC Washington DC Office Gary K. Jones FLC DC Rep Business Meeting DC Update FLC National Meeting Albuquerque, NM April 27, 2010 Recent Policy Statements (on Collaboration with Federal Labs) House S&T